11-20-2012, 12:16 PM | #211 | |
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This is a 32 bit Atom processor; the 32 bit OS can only access 3 GB. I’m not sure if the Clovertrail chip can address more than 2 GB, but all of the Clovertrail tabs that I’ve researched max out there. Some of the i5 Core based systems have 4 GB and 64 bit OS, but typically run $300 to $400 more and I haven’t seen any shipping yet. Last edited by wodin; 11-20-2012 at 12:24 PM. |
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11-20-2012, 01:03 PM | #212 |
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To be honest these surface tablets look impressive.
However for me personally I have no need for a full Modern OS ( Apple or windows )on a Device that does not have the hardware power to run Full versions of my professional 3D/CG animation & Visual Effects software such as Autodesk Maya or Adobe after effects or SideFX Houdini That is why I am staying with a "mobile OS" like android/IOS. for my tablets and keeping my real production work on a "real" Computers or Laptops |
11-20-2012, 01:05 PM | #213 |
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These guys don't seem to like Win 8/surface much:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/artic...?taxonomyId=15 http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/19/i-g...i-dont-get-it/ Last edited by kennyc; 11-20-2012 at 01:09 PM. |
11-20-2012, 01:07 PM | #214 | |
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Yep, for me it's like people buying phones based on the camera. If you are serious about photography or video, you're not going to do it on a phone or a tablet. and even though I've seen some pretty amazing digital paintings on iPad and others, I still don't think a serious digital artist would consider it much. |
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11-20-2012, 01:15 PM | #215 |
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The serious digital artists I know run scary desktop rigs with 32GB RAM, terabytes of HDD, top-grade Wacom tablets and Corel Painter. Anything less and it's just doodling.
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11-20-2012, 01:27 PM | #216 | |
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Neither can I confirm the described bugs, nor flickering of the screen or other problems described... |
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11-20-2012, 01:58 PM | #217 |
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The Modern UI is great and Microsoft did a wonderful job. If mobile computing is the future, then you have to admit that touch is the future....and Windows 8 and RT have awesome touch interfaces. The professional reviewers have absolutely no idea what they are talking about and are just used to hating Microsoft. When Microsoft actually does something better than or different from Apple, they get confused. I think the iPhone is great but I wouldn't want the same OS on a tablet.
There are so many of these reviewers who are "confused" by the Surface and Windows 8 or they believe "regular" consumers will be "confused". Admit that they are only confused because MSFT did something unexpected, innovative, and different, and ultimately better than Apple and Google. MSFT had to require the Modern UI and get rid of the start menu in order to jump start the Modern UI app market. I have used the Modern UI with a mouse and the experience is fine...no negatives, despite a little bit of learning involved. Instead of a vertical list of icons you have a horizontal arrangment of live tiles. You can easily get to the list of icons also if you want it. Last edited by markbot; 11-20-2012 at 02:01 PM. |
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The thing's been out for, what?, a month?
Give it a year. The apps will come. For that matter, this is what next year's Win8Pro tablets will have available: http://www.zdnet.com/leaked-intel-at...97/?s_cid=e539 Quote:
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To the usability critics, CNET has an answer:
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Win95 --> Win98 Win2000 --> WinXP Give it time guys. It'll take time to absorb the big changes and distinguish between things they really got wrong and things that are merely unfamiliar. |
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Not to hijack, but it appears this tablet is in the last episode of Hawaii Five-O. Kona was attaching the keyboad and you could see the kickstand.
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